Dead Moon “Strange Pray Tell” 1992/2013 reissue on Mississippi Change Records. Garage punk/punk blues from Portland, Oregon; Strange Pray Tell was the band’s 5th studio LP. Dead Moon was active from ’87 to ’06; band members Fred Cole and Andrew Loomis both died about 10 years after the band’s dissolution. Strange Pray Tell is sparse, lo-fi garage punk (and mastered in mono), with touches of Americana country blues, some tracks more heavy on the Americana than others like “13 Going on 21” and “Love Comes Once.” I prefer the more punk orientated tracks like the 60’s garage rock inspired opener “Fire in the Western World,” the ass-shaking Southern fried “Going South,” and the driving beat of “Don’t Look Back.” I also like the darker punk blues influenced “Room 213” which is reminiscent of the Dead Boys “Ain’t it Fun.” There’s one cover: The Rolling Stones’ “Play With Fire” which is super-raw, sung slightly out of tune and I can’t decide how I feel about that one.

And one from 1992!!!